La rondine runs from 5 – 21 July. Tickets are on sale now. The production is sponsored by Coutts. Generous philanthropic support was given by Mr and Mrs Christopher W.T. Johnston and The American Friends of Covent Garden.

A look back at your reaction to Das Rheingold, the first of the cycle...

Die Walküre - reviewThere's a powerfully symbolic moment at the close of the second act of the Royal Opera's Die Walküre, and it wasn't dreamed up by director Keith Warner. Bryn Terfel's Wotan runs through John Tomlinson's Hunding with his spear - and thus the new Wagnerian king at Covent Garden is seen, finally, to slay the old one.

Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Royal Opera House, LondonEight years after its unveiling, Keith Warner's 'Ring' is back, and though his 'Rheingold' has been streamlined, the balance between symbolism and naturalism remains awkward (we're not meant to laugh when Alberich turns into a monster, but we do).

A look back at your reaction to Das Rheingold, the first of the cycle...